During his years in New York, Richard Nixon may have been out of the political game as a candidate, but he still spent much of his time engaging in politics.

In 1964, he campaigned hard for GOP presidential nominee Barry Goldwater. In 1966, he and his newly formed law firm staff crisscrossed the country on behalf of GOP congressional candidates, helping flip many Democratic congressional and gubernatorial seats.

When Nixon announced his candidacy for the presidency in 1968, it felt like a fait accompli. After all, he had told several of his friends: “If all I have is my legal work, I would be mentally dead in two years and physically dead in four.”

Nixon in New York is the first book written by Victor Li, an assistant managing editor at the ABA Journal.

Read an excerpt from Nixon in New York in the May 2018 issue of the ABA Journal.